WKRG-TV
 
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Mobile, Alabama/Pensacola, Florida United States |
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| Branding | WKRG News 5 |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels |
Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 5 () |
| Subchannels | 5.1 CBS 5.2 Ion Television 5.3 MeTV |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 5, 1955 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Kenneth R. Giddens (WKRG's founder) |
| Sister station(s) | WFNA, WMBB, WDHN |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1955–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT3: RTV (2008–2011) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 499 m |
| Facility ID | 73187 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°41′20.5″N 87°49′50.8″W / 30.689028°N 87.830778°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wkrg |
WKRG-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 27), is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Mobile, Alabama, United States, that also serves Pensacola, Florida. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group as part of a duopoly with CW affiliate WFNA (channel 55). WKRG's studios are located on Broadcast Drive in southwest Mobile, and its transmitter is located in unincorporated Baldwin County near Spanish Fort, Alabama.
WKRG-TV first signed on the air September 5, 1955. The station was founded by the architect and movie theater owner Kenneth R. Giddens, who also put WKRG radio (710 AM, now WNTM, and 99.9 FM, now WMXC) on the air. WKRG has served as the market's CBS affiliate from its sign-on. The station originally operated from studios located on St. Louis Street in downtown Mobile until around 1982, when it relocated its operations to an area near the Bel Air Mall, which Giddens also had a hand in developing. WKRG-TV operates on the bottom floor and the radio stations operate on the second and third floors of the building.
For years, WKRG-TV was the only locally owned station in the Mobile-Pensacola-Pascagoula area. This changed after the death of Giddens in 1993. The radio stations were sold off in 1994, although they remain housed in the same building as the television station. Spartan Communications purchased WKRG-TV in 1998; the station then came under the ownership of Media General after it purchased Spartan in 2000. The station celebrated its 60th year of broadcasting in 2015.
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